December 18, 2023
Nigeria: 2024 - Surpass N18.3 Trillion Budget Target - Senate to Revenue Generating Agencies
The Senate has asked the various federal revenue generating agencies to go beyond the target of N18.324trillion set for the 2024 fiscal year as aggregate revenue inflow." Read more »
Nigeria: High Drug Prices - APC Chieftain Seeks Tinubu's Intervention
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the hike in prices of… Read more »
Nigeria: We Need to Attract Foreign Investors Not Chase After Them - Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi said Nigeria should attract foreign investors and not chase after them. Read more »
Nigeria: Radical Approach Needed in Nation Building - -Shettima, Adelabu
Notable Nigerians, including Vice President Kashim Shettima and Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, have called for an attitudinal change among Nigerians, saying it remains the key… Read more »
Nigeria: Succour for TB Patients As U.S, ASR Africa Deliver $0.5m Dots Centres in Nigeria
Towards mitigating the huge burden of tuberculosis in Nigeria, the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative, ASR Africa, in partnership with the United States government Agency for… Read more »
December 17, 2023
Nigeria: Mr. Ibu's Two Legs Not Amputated - Family
The family of comic actor, John Okafor, aka Mr. Ibu, has reacted to misconceptions surrounding Mr. Ibu's health, revealing that the actor has not undergone amputation on both legs. Read more »
Nigeria: China, Nigeria Can Leverage Fashion Show to Boost Textile Industry, GDP - Envoy
Mr Li Xuda, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy has urged China and Nigeria to exploit the untapped potential of fashion shows to boost textile industry and increase Gross… Read more »
Nigeria: Plateau Kick-Starts Plan to Develop Film Village in Jos
Efforts to add zest to the entertainment industry in Nigeria have received a boost as the Plateau State Government is set to commence the building of a National Film Village, to… Read more »
December 16, 2023
Nigeria: We'll Pass U.S.2.8 Billion Lagos Budget Before January 1 - Speaker
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has pledged speedy passage of the 2024 budget of Renewed Hope of N2.246 trillion before Jan. 1. Read more »
Nigeria: Chibok Community Experiencing 'Relative' Peace - Chief Whip of the 10th Senate
Following insurgent attacks on Chibok community by bandits and Boko Haram, many of the locals fled for safety and have spent over a decade away from their homeland. Read more »
Nigeria: UN, Nigeria Reinstate Commitment to Solving Irregular Migration, Others
Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to joining the United Nations and other world leaders in finding tangible solutions to irregular migration, world refugee situations. Read more »
December 15, 2023
Nigeria: Supreme Court Okays Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu's Trial, Quashes Order for His Release
Supreme Court has nullified the judgment of Court of Appeal that ordered FG to release Nnamdi Kanu. Read more »
Nigeria: Is It Lawful to Hold Accused On Civil Grounds After Being Discharged of Criminal Charge? - Nnamdi Kanu
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has dropped some posers to the Nigerian judiciary, legal practitioners, and lawmakers, seeking to know how lawful… Read more »
Nigeria: Covid-19 Resurgence in Benue - Report Misrepresents WHO's Statement - NCDC
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has denied that there was a resurgence of COVID-19 in Benue State. Read more »
Nigeria: We'll Reduce Out-of-School Children, Take 39m Out of Learning Poverty - Govt
The Federal Government has said the menace of out-of-school children, OSC, would be considerably reduced soon, while 39 million children would be taken out of what it called… Read more »
Nigeria: World Igbo Congress Urges Supreme Court to Free Nnamdi Kanu Unconditionally
As the Supreme Court is set to decide on the fate of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, today, the World Igbo Congress, WIC, has urged… Read more »
December 14, 2023
Nigeria: Tributes Pour in for Late Maj. Gen Alli , Former Chief of Army Staff
Top echelons in the nation's security sector, among who was former Chief of Naval Staff , Rear Admiral Alison Madueke (retd.) paid glowing tributes to former Chief of Army Staff,… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Leaders Fume Over Tenure Limitation Circular
Organised Labour in the nation's public sector unions has raised uproar over a circular from the Office of the Head of Service, HoS, of the Federation, limiting the tenure of union… Read more »
Nigeria: Fish Out Perpetrators of Ikere Robbery Attack, Oyebanji Orders Security Agents
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji on Thursday, ordered security agencies in the state to fish out the perpetrators of Wednesday's bank robbery in Ikere-Ekiti and bring them… Read more »
Nigeria: Succour for TB Patients As U.S., ASR Africa Deliver $0.5m Dots Centres in Nigeria
Towards mitigating the huge burden of tuberculosis in in Nigeria, the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative, ASR Africa, in partnership with the United States Government Agency for… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians Under Poverty Line Rise to 104 Million - World Bank
Nigeria's poverty level has taken a notch higher, at the backdrop of the recent economic and fiscal reforms, World Bank report reveals. Read more »
Nigeria: Hunger Number One Issue Facing Children in Nigeria, 12 Others in 2023 - Survey
Hunger is the most concerning issue affecting children in Nigeria and around the world in 2023, according to almost half of adults surveyed in almost every continent by Save the… Read more »
December 13, 2023
Nigeria: Tinubu Sacks MDs of FAAN, NAMA, Other Aviation Agencies CEOs
Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, has been removed from office. Read more »
Nigeria: Oba of Benin Palace Bans Burial Rites As Igue Festival Begins
The palace of the Oba of Benin on Wednesday said burial rites in the kingdom would not be permitted during the annual Igue festival, which begins next Tuesday with Ugierhoba… Read more »
Nigeria: We've Mortgage Plans for Nigerians in U.S., Canada, UK - Govt
The Federal Government has disclosed that it has mortgage plans for Nigerians in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Read more »